In the Autumn Statement the National Living Wage was increased significantly, the third largest rise on record. recommendations by the Low Pay Commission, who make use of ASHE and other datasets. The increase will see around 1.7 million workers benefit. Previous work commissioned by the Low Pay Commission using data in the UK Data Service had explored any impacts of the introduction of the living wage.
The Low Pay Commission also made used nigeria rcs data of the 2022 ASHE in its report which highlights the issues around people being paid less than the minimum wage. Over 300,000 people were underpaid in April 2022 according to their analysis.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) also made use of ASHE data in their report on the impact of the rising cost of living on women.
Labour Force Survey
October’s release of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) was initially delayed. This led to discussion around how vital this dataset is, and the impact any potential issues with it moving forward may have on wider government and economic systems, including the Bank of England. One of our Data Impact Fellows, Daniel Muir, a Research Economist at the Institute of Employment studies, wrote a blog about how using job search engines could offer an alternative source of data.